Current Champion
Nikolas Polsinelli, career statistics:
44 correct, 6 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
35.96% in first on buzzer (41/114)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,500
To win:
3 games: 64.111%
4: 41.102%
5: 26.351%
6: 16.894%
7: 10.831%
Avg. streak: 3.786 games.
(Click Here for Methodology)
Upcoming Encore Presentations
October 3-4: S42 E175 (May 8, 2026)
October 10-11: S42 E176 (May 11, 2026)
(Source: Bell Fibe TV program guide)
All Time Winnings
All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Regular Play Only:
1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
2. James Holzhauer $2,462,216
3. Matt Amodio $1,518,601
4. Amy Schneider $1,382,800
5. Jamie Ding $882,605
6. Cris Pannullo $748,286
7. Mattea Roach $560,983
8. Jason Zuffranieri $532,496
9. Scott Riccardi $455,000
10. David Madden $430,400
11. Julia Collins $428,100
12. Matt Jackson $411,612
13. Austin Rogers $411,000
14. Ray Lalonde $386,400
15. Harrison Whitaker $373,999
16. Adriana Harmeyer $349,600
17. Caleb Groen $346,968
18. Adam Remsen $306,415
19. Ryan Long $299,400
20. Arthur Chu $297,200
All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Including Tournaments (and Consolation Prizes):
1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
2. Ken Jennings $4,372,700
3. James Holzhauer $3,614,216
4. Matt Amodio $1,964,601
5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,598,403
7. Victoria Groce $1,023,801
8. Mattea Roach $897,983
9. Jamie Ding $885,605
10. David Madden $785,733
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Andrew He $684,365
14. Larissa Kelly $671,930
15. Matt Jackson $623,612
16. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
17. Paolo Pasco $548,717
18. Scott Riccardi $533,000
19. Jerome Vered $499,102
20. Julia Collins $495,767
21. Austin Rogers $493,000
22. Juveria Zaheer $491,000
23. Ben Ingram $449,201
24. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
25. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
Andy’s back, a bit of a long post, but I’m sure you’ll manage!
As promised, a little more description of LearnedLeague for the uninitiated.
I’m co-opted the following description of LearnedLeague from fellow competitor Ben Bass’ blog – because he’s worded it better than I could!
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You play a six-question head-to-head match against a different opponent every day in a season comprising 25 such matches. After each season, depending upon performance, players may be promoted or relegated to higher or lower divisions, and at the highest rank, an overall league champion is crowned.
The unique element of LearnedLeague is that a match includes both offense and defense. The offense part is straightforward: you try to score points by answering the questions correctly.
The defense part is both elegant and strategic: you assign points to the questions for your opponent to earn (or preferably not earn). Each day you distribute a 3, 2, 2, 1, 1 and 0 based upon what you think your opponent will know. You’d give your opponent 0 on a gimme, and 3 where you’re sure they won’t know it.
Defense can and often does decide matches. It’s routine to get the same number of answers correct but lose a match, or get one more correct and tie; also possible to get one more correct and lose; and even possible, although rare, to get two more answers correct and still lose due to catastrophically bad defense (known as “Bucknering” a match). On the offense side, answering all six questions correctly is known as “drinking the beer,” i.e. scoring a six-pack.
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My first two days I’d say have gone pretty well, even though I played horrible defense against UToCer Robert Slaven and lost a match I very well could have won. But I won my second matchup!
Now onto Round 2 Day 6 of the SHC:
READ, WIGHT, AND BLEW (In honor of the Olympics)
2: This railroad connected Delaware to Pennsylvania until 1976, but after that only connected Income Tax to Oriental Avenue.
4: Operational code name for the 1944 invasion calling for the fleet to assemble twenty miles south of the Isle of Wight.
6: Someone informing the public about criminal activities in government or business might do this, like a soccer referee calling a foul.
8: To be classified as one of these, a winter storm must have gusts reaching 35 MPH and blowing snow which reduces visibility to less than a quarter mile.
10: An undead creature that drains energy, the wight was one of the original monsters in this role-playing game first published in 1974.
“MY” PEOPLE
3: Nikki McCray and Chamique Holdsclaw were among the first players to take this Washington-based team to the WNBA playoffs.
6: Serving from 1993-1994, she was the first female White House Press Secretary.
9: Sherlock Holmes once commented that this man, his older brother, is “the most indispensable man in the country.”
12: In 1970, Raquel Welch played the title role in the film adaptation of this Gore Vidal novel.
15: First name shared by the actress who starred as Nora Charles in The Thin Man and the actress who played Maria Crespo in Zorro.
I’ve done quite well to not fall for pitfalls, though I still think I’m afraid of negging and am probably staying clam a little bit too much!
Scores:
Julie Bratvold Ghanbari 60
Ryan Chaffee 72
Joon Pahk 75
Megan Barnes 60
Liz Murphy 45
Stefan Goodreau 54
David Menchaca 65
Alison Stone Roberg 14
Andy 45
Jeanie 62
Robert 55
Kathy Wright 66
Week 2 overall:
Winner: 421
Julie Bratvold Ghanbari 337 (28th)
Ryan Chaffee 348 (24th)
Joon Pahk 369 (17th)
Vito Cortese 311 (35th)
Megan Barnes 263 (52nd)
Liz Murphy 282 (45th)
Stefan Goodreau 259 (55th)
David Menchaca 245 (56th)
Alison Stone Roberg 223 (63rd)
Andy 215 (68th)
Jeanie 209 (70th)
Robert 219 (67th)
Kathy Wright 222 (66th)
Jeanie’s blogging tomorrow with the recap of Week 3, Day 1!